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July 27, 2005

Daily ePolitics Buzz Brief

Today's Headlines:
FCC Chief Pushes For Easing Rules On DSL Broadband
Hillary Clinton, Cyberwarrior
African President Urges Common Agreement On ICT Strategies
FTC Cracks Down On Email Smut Barons                        

FCC Chief Pushes For Easing Rules On DSL Broadband (Reuters) Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin on Tuesday pushed his colleagues to move quickly to ease regulations on high-speed Internet service offered by U.S. telephone companies. 
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2005-07-26T230318Z_01_N26180255_RTRIDST_0_NET-TELECOMS-FCC-BROADBAND-DC.XML

Hillary Clinton, Cyberwarrior (Village Voice) After having her name stolen by "cybersquatters", on July 13 Hillary Clinton finally launched hillaryclinton.com, having wrested it from the notorious Italian Web operator who originally owned it.           http://www.villagevoice.com/generic/show_print.php?id=66223&page=lombardi&issue=0530&printcde=MzM2NzQxNjQzMg==&refpage=L25ld3MvaW5kZXgucGhwP2lzc3VlPTA

African President Urges Common Agreement On ICT Strategies (Digital Opportunity) President John Agyekum Kufuor on Monday urged African nations to agree on common Information Communication Technology (ICT) implementation strategies in education.
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/115982/1/1138

FTC Cracks Down On Email Smut Barons (The Register) The US Federal Trade Commission last week launched a crack down on xxx-rated spam with legal action against seven firms that have allegedly flouted laws requiring warning labels on smutty emails. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/25/smut_spam_crackdown/

 

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